#AF51B2#AF51B2

#AF51B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.172 H 326.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF51B2
RGB	rgb(175, 81, 178)
HSL	hsl(298, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(298, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 54.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.76, 51.84, -34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.76, 62.34, 326.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% 0.143 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.172 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6569, 18.2148, 44.1172)
Luminance	0.1821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF51B2 #54B251

analogous

#7E51B2 #AF51B2 #B25184

triadic

#AF51B2 #B2AF51 #51B2AF

tetradic

#AF51B2 #B27E51 #54B251 #5184B2

square

#AF51B2 #B27E51 #54B251 #5184B2

split-complementary

#AF51B2 #84B251 #51B27E

monochromatic

#5D2A5F #873D89 #AF51B2 #C37BC5 #D6A6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#AF51B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#AF51B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF51B2

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF51B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF51B2	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#466FB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af51b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 81, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.172 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c986c9',
    500: '#af51b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af51b2;
$custom-light: #c986c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af51b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.144,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58856,
    "c": 0.17194,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF51B2

secondary

#9BC59A

accent

#CF595D

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#130B13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF51B2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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